A reflective conversation on African American archives, collective memory, and the power of preservation with Lindsay Adams, Jason Reynolds (WFYP, Mentor), and Savannah Wood, to coincide with the current Irene and Richard Frary Gallery exhibition, Ceremony: New Works by Lindsay Adams in Conversation with Objects from Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries. Moderated by Ceremony’s guest curator, Claudia M. Watts, the discussion will address each panelist’s relationship with archival materials, exploring the similarities and differences while underscoring the importance of archives and their afterlives.

A reception with light fare will directly follow.